Behind super cyclonic storms, extremely severe cyclonic storms are the second-highest classification on the India Meteorological Department (IMD)'s intensity scale. There have been 32 of them since reliable records began in 1960. The most recent extremely severe cyclonic storm was Cyclone Biparjoy of the 2023 North Indian Ocean cyclone season.
Background The North Indian Ocean tropical cyclone basin is located to the north of the Equator, and encompasses the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea, between the Malay Peninsula and the Arabian Peninsula. The basin is officially monitored by the India Meteorological Department's Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre in New Delhi. Within the basin, an extremely severe cyclonic storm is defined as a tropical cyclone that has 3-minute mean maximum sustained wind speeds between .
Systems NameDates as atropical cycloneSustainedwind speedsPressureAreas affectedDeathsDamage(USD)Refs Two May 18 – 29, 1963 No land areas0None Unnamed Unnamed Unnamed Andrah Pradesh Bhola India, Bangladesh 300000 Unnamed Unnamed Unnamed Unnamed Unnamed Unnamed Unnamed Unnamed BOB 01 Myanmar 5 Moderate BOB 02 ARB 15 India 341 Unknown BOB 06 BOB 05 India ≥430 Moderate BOB 06 India, Somalia 0 Unknown BOB 07 "Bangladesh" Bangladesh, India Forrest November 15 – 22, 1992 Bangladesh, Myanmar2Unknown BOB 02 December 1 – 4, 1993 India 70 "Bangladesh" April 26 – May 2, 1994 Bangladesh, Myanmar 350 BOB 07 November 21 – 25, 1995 Sumatra, Myanmar, Bangladesh172Unknown "Bangladesh" May 14 – 20, 1997 Bangladesh 1,146–1296 Significant "Gujarat" June 13 – 15, 1998 India4,000–10,000 "Pakistan" May 16 – 22, 1999 Pakistan 700 BOB 05 October 15 – 19, 1999 India >80 Unknown BOB 05 November 26 – 30, 2000 West India, Somalia 12 > "Sri Lanka" December 23 – 28, 2000 Sri Lanka, India 9 Minimal "India" May 21 – 28, 2001 Western India, Myanmar, Andaman Islands 900 Minimal "Myanmar" May 16 – 19, 2004 Myanmar 236 Mala April 24 – 30, 2006 Andaman Islands, Myanmar, Thailand 37 SidrNovember 11 – 16, 2007 Bangladesh, West Bengal, Northeast India15,000 Nargis April 27 – May 3, 2008 Andaman Islands, Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Yunnan GiriOctober 20 – 23, 2010 Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Yunnan 157 PhailinOctober 8 – 14, 2013 Malay Peninsula, Andaman Islands, Nicobar Islands, India, Myanmar, Nepal 45 Hudhud October 7 – 14, 2014 Andaman Islands, Nicobar Islands, India, Nepal Nilofar India, Pakistan 0 Minor Chapala Oman, Somalia, Yemen 9 Megh Oman, Somalia, Yemen 18 Unknown Mekunu Yemen, Oman, Saudi Arabia Fani April 30 – May 3, 2019 Sumatra, Nicobar Islands, Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, Bhutan Maha October 30 – November 7, 2019 Sri Lanka, Southern India, Maldives, Western India, Oman 0 Minor Tauktae May 14 – 19, 2021 Maldives, India, Pakistan MochaMay 9 –15, 2023 Bangladesh, Myanmar Biparjoy June 6 – 19, 2023 India, Pakistan
Climatology
See also
North Indian Ocean tropical cyclone
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